Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
PAUL SIMONThe trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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